Example sentences of "went [adv prt] [conj] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had explosive charges laid ready to blow it up , and two small ones went off as the American troops started to cross . |
| 2 | An attempted break-in at King Hope accountants in Romanby Road , Northallerton , was thwarted when the alarm went off and the would-be thieves fled . |
| 3 | Then at last a cheer went up as the first portions of the ‘ bicentenary pie ’ were served to the 50,000 people who presented their £1 tickets . |
| 4 | On 20 June Peugeot went back and the first sackings of trade union leaders occurred . |
| 5 | But the weeks went by and the 5 months I had off work which at first seemed an eternity soon became 5 weeks and then 5 days . |